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DuPuy Says Bill Is 'Wholly Unacceptable' (DC Major League Baseball )
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| December 15, 2004
| David Nakamura
Posted on 12/15/2004 5:02:08 PM PST by Former Military Chick
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Some call the spouses of football enthusiast's "football widows." I find myself feeling that way during Baseball. Beloved is a huge O's fan. Lives and dies for his team, or the team it used to be. The team of Ripken and those who did not bulk up, spend time in the news just good old fashion baseball.
Dave was in Germany serving out country when Ripken made history, his family knew of his love of the game and taped it for him, it sits now on our shelf of important memories.
With a new team in DC it could be a bad thing for the Os but I see it as a way to challenge the owner into doing what is best for the fans and not his pocketbook. If they choose to continue down that path, they will lose my beloved as a fan, they have already lost his brother a long time Os fan!
So, DC get it together. Start a new tradition. Give the fans what they want.
I only know what I read in the paper, we only own a home in the greater DC area right now (we hope to return after his faithful duty to our country comes to an end) but I think there is room for 2 baseball teams in the hearts of those who live in the greater DC area.
To: Former Military Chick
This deal aint in jeopardy, it is OVER.
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posted on
12/15/2004 5:04:42 PM PST
by
Pukin Dog
(Sans Reproache)
To: Former Military Chick
Baseball can't possibly accept a stadium that isn't loaded with taxpayer funded corporate welfare.
It would look bad on the other 20 + owners who manage to run businesses in locations completely funded by the taxpayers.
Gotta bilk someone, and don't worry, Bud Selig and Co are masters at making sure someone else pays.
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posted on
12/15/2004 5:04:55 PM PST
by
jmcclain19
(More from me at http://www.offcenter.us)
To: Former Military Chick
I was shocked when I saw how old Cal Ripken Jr. looked at his retirement. I remembered him as that skinny kid whose dad coached third base. Then I fixed the lights in our bathroom, looked in the mirror, and re-broke the lights.
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posted on
12/15/2004 5:08:17 PM PST
by
crazyhorse691
(We won. We don't need to be forgiving. Let the heads roll!!!!!!!!!)
To: Former Military Chick
There are things I could say, about the DC city council; but this is a "G" rated website.
So I'll say... just damn!
To: Former Military Chick
Here is the deal. There is competition amongst cities for pro-sports teams. The owners have supply of an item that is in demand. Washington D.C. does not have to buy a stadium in order to get a team. But in that case, there are cities that will buy a stadium to get a team. So there, Washington politicians tell baseball to go to hell, baseball finds a new city that wants them. Problem solved.
But I don't ever want to hear Washingtonians whine about how great a baseball city they would be IF ONLY they hadn't been screwed out of their Senators. Nope, no more of that.
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posted on
12/15/2004 5:21:49 PM PST
by
Arkinsaw
To: Kristian; bcoffey; TheTopRead; Ex-Dem; No Longer Free State; NYCVirago
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posted on
12/15/2004 5:27:38 PM PST
by
Former Military Chick
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To: Pukin Dog; jmcclain19; crazyhorse691; tgslTakoma; Arkinsaw
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posted on
12/15/2004 5:31:34 PM PST
by
Former Military Chick
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To: Former Military Chick
It's gonna be the Orlando senators.
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posted on
12/15/2004 5:35:01 PM PST
by
rodguy911
( President Reagan---all the rest.)
To: Former Military Chick
This is wonderful news. Another city saved from the leeches in the entertainment industry.
To: Arkinsaw
The owners have supply of an item that is in demand.
The problem is MLB is a (normally) illegal trust, that has been granted an antitrust exemption by Congress.
To: Pukin Dog
My guess would be this is just a negotiating ploy on the part of both parties. Remember this is the D of C where deals are made all the time. I would not put to much stock into the doom and gloom coming out of both sides.
To: jmcclain19
If the people of DC want a baseball team they should be given the opportunity to analyze the cost and make a decision. IF they say no, they say no. Easy fix. The City of DC signed an agreement and then tried to crawfish. DC needs MLB a whole lot more than MLB needs baseball.
Nothing in the agreement, as I read it, restricts DC from seeking private participation in the development deal, but to require it puts in serious jeopardy the ability of a deal to move quickly into acquisition and construction. The cities seldom lose in these deals, they do however often misappropriate and misaccount their gains...
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posted on
12/15/2004 5:42:31 PM PST
by
BlueNgold
(Feed the Tree .....)
To: rodguy911
Florida already has one failing baseball team.
If not DC, maybe Charlotte or Nashville. Otherwise, it's 29 teams -- 28 if they shut down the Devil Rays.
To: Former Military Chick
Lets go Virginia! We had a shot at the team before DC.
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posted on
12/15/2004 5:46:34 PM PST
by
JOE6PAK
(...still crazy after all these BEERS!)
To: Former Military Chick
This is the same reason why Los Angeles doesn't have the NFL. I agree that the taxpayer should not have to finance building stadiums.
To: jmcclain19
Baseball can't possibly accept a stadium that isn't loaded with taxpayer funded corporate welfare. The stadium in San Francisco is privately financed.
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posted on
12/15/2004 5:51:22 PM PST
by
Fatalis
To: Former Military Chick
Sounds like some people in N. Virginia should take over hosting the team, just like Maryland took on the Redskins.
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posted on
12/15/2004 6:35:08 PM PST
by
expatpat
To: Former Military Chick
How 'bout them ayOs?! You from Balteemore?
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posted on
12/15/2004 7:21:32 PM PST
by
arasina
(So there.)
To: Fatalis
And do you know how looked down they are around baseball?
Selig deplores that route and poked at the Giants for the last several years. Milwaukee, Houston, and others got All-Star games right after they built their new stadium. The Giants, well, they'll get it in four years.
And I do agree the City should have a chance to decide that on it's on.
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posted on
12/16/2004 12:09:18 AM PST
by
jmcclain19
(More from me at http://www.offcenter.us)
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